Subject: Marriage (Page 15)

The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.

(1772 – 1834) English poet, literary critic & philosopher

A fate worse than marriage; a sort of eternal engagement.

(1939 – ) English playwright

Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's wife unless she's a beauty.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.

(1867 – 1936) author & humorist

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

After five years of marriage, it is devastating to have the person with the good credit move out.

(1957 – ) American comedian

Marriage is a wonderful invention; then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.

(1942 – ) Scottish comedian, musician & actor

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

(1948 – 1990) comedian

Sex drive—a physical craving that begins in adolescence and ends at marriage.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the old boys mumble in their sleep.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

My wife’s gotten really lazy, or as she calls it, ‘pregnant.'

(1966 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Why do we have to go out Peg? … Isn’t it enough I know I’m married to you; do we have to tell the whole world?

(1946 – ) American actor

Marriage: A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other for ninety-nine years, or until death do them join.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

My girlfriend say’s that I’m afraid of commitment… well she’s not my girlfriend… more a wife.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Politicians are wedded to the truth, but like many other married couples they sometimes live apart.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Brides aren’t happy – they are triumphant.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

I haven't spoken to my wife in years; I didn't want to interrupt her.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

They start with all that sucking and blowing and in the end you lose your house.